cuscus

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of several nocturnal marsupials of the genus Phalanger of New Guinea, Australia, and adjacent islands, having large eyes, small ears, a pointed snout, and a long prehensile tail.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A type of marsupial from New Guinea; the tree kangaroo.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A soft grass (Pennisetum typhoideum) found in all tropical regions, used as food for men and cattle in Central Africa.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A genus of marsupial quadrupeds of the Australian and Papuan islands, including opossum-like prehensile-tailed phalangers, covered with dense woolly fur, having a small head and large eyes, living in trees, and characterized by slow movements.

n. The commercial name for the long fibrous aromatic root of cuscus-grass, which is used for making tatties or screens, ornamental baskets, etc.

Its namesake dish, cuscus alla Trapanese, is a tagine-like couscous served with seafood soup, prawns and monkfish, and its historic center features tightly packed streets that were once surrounded by the casbah walls.

Everyone will come into the room and the silky cuscus: the new subspecies will sort of glide down on special suspension things, wearing a cape, and he will basically be cute all over everybody while they pronounce his species name in many different ways.